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Pictures of my visit to the V-Zug museum in Switzerland |
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Post# 235975   9/11/2007 at 04:36 (6,043 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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At the end of my trip to Switzerland I paid a visit to the V-Zug museum in Switzerland. It's part of the Zugorama, a center where all the Zug appliances can be demonstrated. A room in the basement is dedicated to the history of the "Verzinkerei Zug". Here's one picture, the rest is in my photo album.
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Post# 235979 , Reply# 2   9/11/2007 at 06:39 (6,043 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Very kool Louis! Thanks for sharing the photos! The "Unimatic" certainly looks "solid"! |
Post# 235980 , Reply# 3   9/11/2007 at 06:52 (6,043 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 235998 , Reply# 6   9/11/2007 at 08:54 (6,043 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 235999 , Reply# 7   9/11/2007 at 08:55 (6,043 days old) by bellalaundry (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 236049 , Reply# 9   9/11/2007 at 13:13 (6,043 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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And now for the questions: Theo, The Unimatic is indeed the commercial series from Zug. It is mainly meant for communal laundryrooms in apartment buildings. The Unimatic name is still in use. The Adora is the name for the household washers and dryers. Later Zug also used the Adorina name, nowadays that name is used for rebadged Bauknecht appliances. In the past Zug put the Adorina name on AEG appliances. I don't know why they changed from AEG to Bauknecht. Tom, I was wondering if the Swiss went over to the USA to look at American washers. The name Unimatic made me think that, but also the similarity to some machines. The machine in picture 6 probably has the heating element under the agitator, but I'm not sure. I wasn't able to have such a close look at it. But most wringer washers with heater had it there, including my own Velo. The blue Adora is a household machine from I guess the 80's or 90's. The quality is indeed commercial, but Zug appliances sure come with a price. I also visited the V-Zug shop in Chur. I asked them if I could export a machine to the Netherlands and it was no problem. But they made clear Zug wouldn't service a machine that far away. Ralf, Did she really carry the name Zug? The museum is a small basement room in the "Zugorama", where all the new Zug appliances are lined up for demonstration. I added the link to the address of the Zugorama. Robert, The Unimatic Favorite Logo is absolutely gorgeous, but I'm not a tattoo man... CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK |
Post# 236133 , Reply# 10   9/11/2007 at 21:07 (6,043 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 236138 , Reply# 11   9/11/2007 at 21:34 (6,043 days old) by alanlendaro ()   |   | |
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Short lived? I heard about it but never saw one |
Post# 236211 , Reply# 13   9/12/2007 at 08:53 (6,042 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 236228 , Reply# 15   9/12/2007 at 11:06 (6,042 days old) by spankomatic (Ukiah,CA)   |   | |
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Post# 236291 , Reply# 16   9/12/2007 at 16:54 (6,042 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Louis, looks like a grand time was had, did you get to work any of the machines yourself?? they look so industrial and sturdy, I thought the first pic was a centrifuge before closer inspection,they do like the solid metal and dials look though. Thanks for the pics, Mike p.s really missing you and Eddy here, that basements big on your own!! |
Post# 236293 , Reply# 17   9/12/2007 at 16:58 (6,042 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Jim, I don't think the Superunimatic has one yet. Perhaps that would be something for the opening where the timer used to be. Mike, I bet that basement is big on your own. Just enjoy it. I was there only for a short time, the lunch break was due. And the Swiss do care about their lunchbreaks, even the cableways are out of use during lunch breaks. Enjoy the Omaha meeting! |
Post# 236294 , Reply# 18   9/12/2007 at 17:01 (6,042 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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Louis, great pictures! It's interesting to see how the V-Zug machines have developed, and they haven't really changed that much since that blue electronic machine 20 years or so ago have they? Jon |
Post# 236380 , Reply# 19   9/13/2007 at 03:32 (6,041 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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